Digital registration for foreigners in Belarus by year endApart from that, the Interior Ministry is working to add some other administrative procedures to the government services website in 2018. Those include, for instance, procedures involved in sending invitations for foreigners to visit Belarus and the issuance of work permits to foreigners

Funambulists from Belarus’ Mozyr to partake in international circus festival in CubaThe performers from Mozyr will present their act Funambulists that won the silver prize of the Monte Carlo International Circus Festival in January 2017. The culture center Carpa Trompoloco, the venue of the festival, will also see acts by circus performers from Latin America, Asia, and Europe, including such countries as the United States, China, Brazil, Japan, Canada, Mexico, and others...

7 Jun 2017

Chagall readings in Vitebsk to gather researchers from Belarus, Russia, U.S.The Chagall readings have been held in Vitebsk annually since 1991. In 1992 the event received an international status. Over the years dozens of researchers from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, France, the UK, Switzerland, the United States, Israel, Germany, Latvia and other countries have take part in the event...

7 Jun 2017

Japanese TV crew arrive in Vitebsk to shoot film about BelarusThe guests from Japan shot the sights of the city. They will later go around the Chagall places: the Art Center and the House-Museum (which is particularly symbolic in the year of the 130th anniversary of the birth of the artist). They will also visit the children’s school of arts. From Vitebsk, the Japanese journalists will travel to other regions, and will complete their tour in Minsk...

5 Jun 2017

Aleksandra Sasnovich honored with Fed Cup Heart AwardThe Fed Cup Heart Award recognizes players who have represented their country with distinction, shown exceptional courage on court and demonstrated outstanding commitment to the team during Fed Cup by BNP Paribas. The award was first presented in 2009...

5 Jun 2017

Days of Minsk open in BelgradeMinks Mayor Andrei Shorets is also expected to meet Belgrade counterpart Sinisa Mali, to visit major companies of the city and attend a business forum where Minsk will present its trade, economic and tourism opportunities...

5 Jun 2017

Minsk to host Day of Multiethnic Russia 10 JuneThe celebrations will take place in the Upper Town from 1pm to 6pm. The program includes performances by the song and dance groups of the public associations of the Belarusian Center of Ethnic Cultures and the Coordinating Council of the Heads of Public Associations of Russian Compatriots...

2 Jun 2017

Cosmonaut Novitsky back to Earth soonThe two men returning on board the Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft are the Belarusian native Oleg Novitsky and the French cosmonaut Thomas Pesquet, a spokesman for Russia's Mission Control Center told TASS. The Soyuz MS-03 mission began on 17 November 2016. The crew members have spent 197 days in orbit. The descent capsule is expected to land at 17:10 Minsk time 147 kilometers southeast of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan...

1 Jun 2017

Belarus welcomes health tourists from 98 countries in Q1 2017"Belarus provided medical services to representatives of 98 countries. We have doubled the export of medical services to Lithuania, Georgia, and Poland. The export of healthcare services to Australia is still on the increase,” said Vyacheslav Shilo. According to Sports and Tourism Minister Mikhail Portnoi, health tourism is growing each year. “Belarus has so far welcomed health tourists from 128 countries...

Art groups from Poland, Lithuania to take part in Polonaise 2017 festivalThe festival will be held for the 13th time. On 3 June, Slonim will bring together more than 20 art groups for adults and children, dancing, singing and other companies, professional and amateur groups. Partaking in the forum will be art groups from Poland and Lithuania, Belarus’ Grodno Oblast and Brest Oblast...

31 May 2017

Belarus-Russia action movie Black Dog to premiere in 2018Black Dog is a four-episode film about fight against terrorism based on a novel by Nikolai Cherginets, scripted by Gleb Shprigov and directed by Alexander Franskevich-Laye. Black Dog is now at the editing stage. It will be released in theaters and on TV...

30 May 2017

Avant-garde art of Belarus and Italy on display in MinskAt the exhibition, visitors will see the bright landscapes by Dottori, the childishly naive view of Marc Chagall, the paintings with a high emotional pitch by Soutine, and the puzzling works by Nadia Khodasevich Leger. All together they make an interesting project that will surely draw many visitors, Viktor Babariko said...

30 May 2017

Painters from nine countries to draw pictures of Mogilev sights“They are creative people. A lot depends on their mood and inspiration,” noted Alla Galushko. “Some of them may create only one work while other ones will be inspired to create a series. All the pictures will be presented as a gift to the oblast capital in timing with the city’s 750th anniversary”...

30 May 2017

Number of visa-free visitors to Belarus exceeds 20,000Aleksei Begun noted that the statistics related to the five-day visa-free travel in Belarus is monitored real-time. “Since 12 February, more than 20,000 foreign nationals have taken advantage of the visa-free travel opportunity. They come for different short-term purposes such as business and tourism”...